Shows how black writers helped to build modern Britain by looking beyond the questions of slavery and abolition.

By comparing a diversity of documents including letters by slaves, free people of colour and planters, as well as literary works, royal decrees and court cases,

On the eve of the Civil War, most people of color in the United States toiled in bondage. Yet nearly half a million of these individuals, including over 250,000

Beyond the River brings to brilliant life the dramatic story of the forgotten heroes of the Ripley, Ohio, line of the Underground Railroad. From the highest hil

Beyond Slavery traces the enduring impact and legacy of the African diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean in the modern era. In a rich set of essays, the